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Big- Foot Sculpture of Mirabai GA

Date of introduction: 12-OCT-2018

This is Goa’s first pictorial cancellation stamp, depicting the sculpture of It is most befitting that music
Saint Mirabai at the Big Foot. Sculptured by Maendra Joceline Araujo loving Goans are honoring
Alvares, the founder of Big Foot, the sculpture is 14mtr X 5mtrs Mirabai
completed single handed in 30 days. (Mira Bai or Meera was a Lord
Krishna devotee and a Hindu
It is noteworthy that the Mirabai sculpture has entered six record books mystic poet) both in sculpture
including Limca Book of Records for being the longest laterite sculpture and through the pictorial
completed with fastest speed. This is another ‘first’ for Maendra who has cancellation. The PPC will be
many firsts to his credit.  used at Loutolim post office to
cancel letters posted in the
specified letter box at the Big
Foot an Educational and
Cultural Hub. From now
onwards it is the PPC which is
going to take the memory of the
visit all over the world in the
form of the cancellation
impressed on the picture
postcards and letters which are
generally posted by the western
tourists. The pictorial
cancellation is a collectible for
the philatelists.

@mrsachinsinghai | PPC